#title Complete coverage: The Unabomber's arrest in Montana, 25 years later
#date Apr 5, 2021
#source [[https://helenair.com/news/local/complete-coverage-the-unabombers-arrest-in-montana-25-years-later/collection_6d37ff93-8c12-5ed8-9d6a-d6bb833e8b73.html][helenair.com]]
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#pubdate 2023-07-26T01:51:18
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#topics News Stories

In case you missed our weekend coverage, Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the arrest of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, at his cabin in Lincoln, Montana.

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/unabomber-timeline-of-bombings/collection_446785d5-da70-5722-a325-b482c65c8810.html][<strong>Unabomber: Timeline of bombings</strong>]]

A timeline of the sixteen documented bombings perpetrated by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, a name derived from the FBI's UNABOM …

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/photos-a-look-back-at-the-unabombers-arrest-in-montana/collection_9b340e9f-4997-59ed-a851-699acb1030ca.html][<strong>Photos: A look back at the Unabomber's arrest in Montana</strong>]]

Theodore John Kaczynski, known to many as the Unabomber, was arrested at his property near Lincoln, Montana on April 3, 1996. Sixteen bombings…

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/photos-a-look-inside-the-unabombers-montana-cabin/collection_41103cf1-dc68-5950-babc-17861f0b8858.html][<strong>Photos: A look inside the Unabomber's Montana cabin</strong>]]

FBI evidence photos show views of the inside of Ted Kaczynski's cabin near Lincoln, Montana, and some of the items found by investigators.

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/local/unabombers-legacy-resonates-25-years-after-arrest-in-montana/article_e7d4da2e-f5b4-54e0-9402-5b75f41bd6b3.html][<strong>Unabomber's legacy resonates 25 years after arrest in Montana</strong>]]

It was 25 years ago that a tiny Montana mountain town was thrust into the international spotlight when FBI agents and other law enforcement converged on the tiny cabin of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/local/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-now-held-in-alcatraz-of-the-rockies/article_6d99cab5-51ce-5655-ab9c-3c14f4a08c78.html][<strong>Unabomber Ted Kaczynski now held in 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'</strong>]]

Ted Kaczynski will likely spend the rest of his life at ADX Florence, a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, which is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/unabomber-photos-still-elicit-attention-students-captured-first-shots/article_c4fd32c3-5418-5389-8796-f62212887ffb.html][<strong>Unabomber photos still elicit attention; students captured first shots</strong>]]

The earliest arrest photos of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski came not from major news outlets — but from four University of Montana photojournalists.

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/covering-the-unabomber-it-was-all-hands-on-deck-for-helena-journalists-reporting-national-story/article_5aeb8f00-8f6d-5dd0-b348-dfbe1471a1d3.html][<strong>Covering the Unabomber: It was 'all hands on deck' for Helena journalists reporting national story</strong>]]

It was a typical day at the Independent Record 25 years ago today, when the newsroom began getting questions about a Unabomber suspect by the name of Theodore Kaczynski.

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/local/the-unabomber-next-door-lincoln-not-defined-by-its-most-infamous-denizen/article_39334515-6abc-52c2-88c3-6a7b13dde2f5.html][<strong>The Unabomber next door: Lincoln not defined by its most infamous denizen</strong>]]

"When I came back from college, it was a wintry spring day," Lincoln native Becky Garland said with the ease that comes from countless retelli…

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[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612014416/https:/helenair.com/news/local/unabombers-cabin-remains-on-display-in-dc/article_2aa2b951-6264-5e18-86c4-c193e4e01dfb.html][<strong>Unabomber's cabin remains on display in DC</strong>]]

One of the most defining characteristics of Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is that he lived in a tiny cabin near rural Lincoln.